BBQ Smoked Chicken 101

Competitive BBQ-er and chef/owner Andy Husbands of Tremont 647 takes you through assembling and manning a vertical BBQ smoker. Andy walks through the smoker's basic anatomy, explaining the function of valves when controlling heat, what you should and should NOT put in the water pan (NO whiskey!) and suggests useful items to have on hand (a can of beer included!). After assembling and heating your smoker, use Andy's flavorful BBQ rub on a whole, bone-in chicken to put your new toy to the test!

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Competitive BBQ-er and chef/owner <a href="http://how2heroes.com/videos/profiles/about-andy-husbands">Andy Husbands</a> of <a href="http://www.tremont647.com/">Tremont 647</a> takes you through assembling and manning a vertical BBQ smoker. Andy walks through the smoker&#39;s basic anatomy, explaining the function of valves when controlling heat, what you should and should NOT put in the water pan (NO whiskey!) and suggests useful items to have on hand (a can of beer included!). After assembling and heating your smoker, use Andy&#39;s flavorful BBQ rub on a whole, bone-in chicken to put your new toy to the test!</p>

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smoked chicken, smoked meat, smoker basics, smoker techniques

Competitive BBQ-er and chef/owner Andy Husbands of Tremont 647 takes you through assembling and manning a vertical BBQ smoker. Andy walks through the smoker's basic anatomy, explaining the function of valves when controlling heat, what you should and should NOT put in the water pan (NO whiskey!) and suggests useful items to have on hand (a can of beer included!). After assembling and heating your smoker, use Andy's flavorful BBQ rub on a whole, bone-in chicken to put your new toy to the test!

Andy Husbands

Andy Husbands is the award-winning chef/owner of two of Boston's hottest restaurants, Tremont 647and Sister Sorel. He started his culinary career with an after-school baking job when he was 14, and never looked back. Born and raised in Seattle, Husbands worked as a sous chef and, later, executive chef at the nationally renowned East Coast Grill in Cambridge, under James Beard Award winner Chris Schlesinger. Before opening Tremont 647 with high school friend Chris Hart in 1996, he traveled to the West Coast on his motorcycle, living on a farm in New Mexico and apprenticing at several San Francisco Bay-area restaurants. His cross-country influences have taught him to be bold and adventurous in his life and his cooking.

Husbands has made several TV appearances, including his run as a contestant in Season 6 of "Hell's Kitchen," which premiered on FOX Television Network, July 21, 2009. CBS featured him in a segment on "The Early Show" called "Chef on a Shoestring," in which he demonstrated how to cook a 3-course dinner for 4 people for less than $20. In the Boston area, he has appeared on "TV Diner," "Phantom Gourmet," and "WB in the Morning." He has also appeared on local TV stations across the country to promote his first book, "The Fearless Chef."

Competitive BBQ-er and chef/owner Andy Husbands of Tremont 647 takes you through assembling and manning a vertical BBQ smoker. Andy walks through the smoker's basic anatomy, explaining the function of valves when controlling heat, what you should and should NOT put in the water pan (NO whiskey!) and suggests useful items to have on hand (a can of beer included!). After assembling and heating your smoker, use Andy's flavorful BBQ rub on a whole, bone-in chicken to put your new toy to the test!